Story
Say: What are some things that
God wants us to do? (Give the children time to list various things). One of the things that God wants us to do is
to give to the church so God’s work can be done. Do you have a lot of money that belongs to
you that you can give to the church? (The answer for most children should be
no). Even if we don’t have a lot of
money we can give we can still find ways to give to God. Today we are going to read a story about how
Jesus took something small that a boy gave and used it to do something amazing!
Read “Jesus Feeds 5,000” in any children's story bible.
Lesson
Say: What problem did Jesus and
his disciples have? (There was a huge crowd of people who needed to be fed) What did they have for the people to eat? (5
small loaves of bread and two fish) What
did Jesus do? (He fed all 5,000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish!) What happened after everyone ate (12 baskets
of leftovers were collected!)
We
are kind of like the boy in our story aren’t we? We don’t always have a lot to give. Just like the boy in the story we do always have
something we can give. Do we have some
money, even if it is not a lot (yes).
Did you know that there are other things we can give to God besides
money? The boy shared his food, what are
some other things we can give to God (things we have that we don’t need
anymore, things we are good at/talents, etc).
Even if we don’t have a lot of money we have things that we can
give to the church so God’s work can be done.
Just like in today’s story God can take the small things we have to give
and use them to do amazing things!
Memory Verse
Good people will be generous to others and will be blessed for all they do. - Isaiah 32:8
Big Idea
God can take the small things we have to give and use them
to do amazing things!
Prayer
Say a short prayer thanking God for the things he has given
us and asking him to help us be generous giving back to Him some of the things
he has given us.